Frischschnee

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Physical Description

1 etching : ink on paper ; 11" x 13", 28 cm x 33 cm

Date

early 20th century

Notes

Signed and titled by artist in pencil on lower portion of image. Label on the back of the backing board: "Wiedemann Das Haus der schoenen Bilder Chemnitz, Friedrichstr. 17" Label on back of original frame: "Arte y Material. G.a... Ayuntamineto 164 Tel. 13-21-61 Mexico, D.F."

Summary

Etching shows a snowy landscape scene of a high-peaked wooden building (possibly a farm house) , surrounded by bare trees. There are piles of hay in front of the building. A small boat and possibly a stream snake around the building.

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Biographical Information

Siegfried Laboschin was a painter and draftsman born in Gnesen (Silesia, Poland) in 1868. After his graduation from the art academy of Berlin, he traveled extensively in Holland, Italy, and Hungary. Laboschin's paintings are mostlylandscapes and still lifes, and his drawings and etchings often depict cities as well as scenes from Jewish life. He settled in Breslau, where he died in 1925.

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